Printing attachment for roll-holders.



No. 639,10I. Patented Dec. l2, I899,

, GJH. SCHUBERT. PRINTING'ATTAGI-IMENT FOB ROLL HOLDERS.

(Application filed Mar. 80, 1899.)

(No Model.)

W/ TNE SSE 8 STATES PATENT Fries.

GUSTAVE H. SCl-IUBERT, OF LA FORTE, CALIFORNIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,101, dated December 12, 1.899.

AEplication filed March so, 1899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE H. SOHUBERT, of La Porte, in the county of Plumas and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Roll-Paper Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptioii.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an attachment for rolls of wrapping and other paper, by means of which attachment it" will be possible to eifecti vel y print the paper with an advertisement or other matter as the paper is unwound from the roll; and to this end the invention comprises an arm attached to the frame of the roll-paper carrier and pressed by a spring toward the roll of paper, the arm carrying an inking and impression roller, the latter bearing always against the paper, so that as the paper is unwound frointhe roll it is impressed with the characters of the printingor impression roller.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a transverse section of a paperroll having my invention applied thereto, the section being taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the attachment. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the box containing the printing and inking rollers, the view showing the box turned up into vertical position; and Fig. 4 is a detail section on the line 4 4B of Fig. 3.

The invention is applicable to a roll-paper carrier of any sort-for example, the carrier 5 shown in the drawings, to the top of which a plate 6, forming part of my invention, is fastened. This plate is hinged to an armseotion 7, the other section 8 of the arm being joined to the section 7 by means of a screw and nut 9, the former of which works in slots 10, formed in the sections 7 and 8. By these means the arm formed of the sections 7 and 8 may be adjusted'to anylength desired, the necessary length being determined by the size and position of the roll 11 of paper. The

arm-section 7 is thrown downwardly or toward the roll by means of a spring 12, which Serial No. 711,114. (No model.)

bears against the arm-section and against the plate 6, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The spring 12 is carried by a pin 14, in turn carried in short arms 15, projecting upwardly from the arm-section 7.

The lower end of the arm-section 8 is bent outwardly to form a shoe 16, which is fitted removably into a narrow passage 17-, formed in the box 18, which carries the inking roller 19 and the printing-roller 20, the former being continually in contact with the characters of the latter, so that the printing-roller will always be inked. The inner side walls of the box 18 are formed with longitudinally-extending guideways 21 therein, which receive the trunnions 22 of the rollers 19 and 20, so that the rollers may have free movement toward each other whereby to keep the printing-roller properly inked. The rollers 19 and 20 are held in the box 18 by means of spring-fingers 23, which are fastened to the outside of the box and which have their terminals bent inwardly to project into the box respectively adjacent to the guideways 21, thus engaging the trunnions 22 of the roller 20, so as to prevent the outward movement of the roller. By this arrangement the box 18 is thrown inwardly, so that the roller 20 will be continu= 'ally engaged with the paper on the roll 11,

and thus as the paper is unwound from the roll the impression of the roller 20 is pro duced upon the paper. Should it be desired to prevent the contact of the roller 20 with the paper on the roll 11, a shield-plate 24 (see Figs. 1, 3, and 4) may be thrown from the position shown in Fig. 1 down to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4C, in which latter position the shield will cover the .roller 20 and engage with the paper of the roll 11, thus preventing the impression of the roller 20 upon Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of a supported box having internal guideways therein, an inkingroller, the trunnions of which are mounted in the guideways, a printing-roller, the trunnions of which are mounted in the guideways, and spring-fingers attached to the exterior of the box and having their free ends extended inward to engage the trunnions of the printing-roller, whereby to hold the roller in the box.

2. In a paper-roll attachment, the combination of an arm, means for mounting the arm to swing, a box carried by the arm and havinginternal guideways therein, an inkingroller mounted in the guideway, a printingroller mounted in the guideway, and springfingers carried by the box and engaging the trunnions of the printing-roller, to hold the roller in place.

3. The combination of a box, printing and inking rollers mounted therein, and a springactuated shield-plate mounted adjacent to the box and capable of swinging to cover the printing-roller.

4. The combination of a casing or box having guideways formed in opposite walls therein, a roller having trunnions mounted to turn and to slide in said guideways, and springfingers attached to the outer sides of the easing or box and having their free ends projected into the box and into the respective guideways, the spring-fingers serving to limit the movement of the trunnions in the guideways.

5. In a roll-paper attachment, the combination of a box, means for supporting the box in juxtaposition to the paper, a printing-roller mounted in the box to engage the paper, and a shield mounted to swing on'the box and capable of moving over the roller to prevent the engagement thereof withthe paper. 7

GUSTAVE I-I. SOHUBERT.

Witnesses:

WM. CANNY, J. H. HILLMAN. 

